7 comments

  • jonhohle 9 minutes ago
    More information needed. Was this a sneakernet? No one thought of replacing with a floppy emulator and SD cards? All of the data can fit into 1.44MB?

    If the last one is true, devs take note. If FAA can rely on slow, small storage for safety critical applications, you probably can reduce the resource requirements for your app and improve your customers’ experience and extend the life of their hardware.

  • alex_suzuki 30 minutes ago
    > replacing outdated floppy disks that contain vital weather and other critical information with a streamlined, 21st-century system

    What does this even… mean?

  • ethin 2 minutes ago
    I have a bad feeling that this is not going to end well. Especially given that this administration is... Rather incompetent. I hope that safety is like number one on their list of priorities but somehow I doubt it
  • tencentshill 35 minutes ago
    I don't want the FAA to make changes at "lightning speed" or "rapidly moving to make upgrades" or "record pace". Safety must be further down the list for these guys.
    • p-e-w 27 minutes ago
      Using outdated computer systems with aging storage media is a safety issue.
      • 1970-01-01 5 minutes ago
        No, it isn't. This is time tested process. Find me any flight that had to land or crashed because the floppy disk was broken.
      • ale42 18 minutes ago
        Replacing them with cloud-based systems (if this is the "streamlined, 21st-century system") is a safety issue as well. I hope they are not.
      • creatonez 12 minutes ago
        Just turn WinRAR error correction up to max /s
    • adrian_b 22 minutes ago
      [dead]
  • Bluestein 12 minutes ago
    Out with FDD, in with GPT! (!)
  • superxpro12 20 minutes ago
    why is this "historic"? the thirst for this admin to use the most bombastic language possible is so tiring.

    Just... modernize the thing already. thats your job. It's not impressive that you did this. You're supposed to do this. You dont get extra kudos for doing the thing you signed up to do...

    and dont forget to put Trump's name at the beginning. Or he might get cranky

    • njovin 14 minutes ago
      Everything they try to spin positively has to be 'historic' because:

      1. The party leader is a fragile, dying narcissist who is desperate for his name to be attached to anything other than the misery he's inflicted upon the world.

      2. Their _actual_ historic achievements are all war crimes, human rights violations, and policy changes that would terrify their average supporter if they actually understood the long-term consequences.

    • TedDoesntTalk 5 minutes ago
      It’s historic because no else has done it in the last 40+ years. Doesn’t make it a big deal, but it’s still a big change.
    • tokai 15 minutes ago
      You could call it histrionic.
  • InsidiousWombat 16 minutes ago
    hopefully not with pendrives